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Tianfei Chao (巢天飞)

2×2 · top 57.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2009 · 2009CHAO01

Tianfei Chao (巢天飞) has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 6.66, set at Beijing Summer Open 2009, puts him in the top 57.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9,724th in China. Across 2 competitions since May 2009, he has put 14 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 40.86 in May 2009 to 30.43, a 26% improvement. Tianfei has entered two competitions.

2×2
best event — top 57.5% of 186,767 all-time
6.66
signature single · Beijing Summer Open 2009
14
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×26.6613.06
top 57.5%9,724 / 15,796
3×330.4339.26
top 63.3%19,131 / 28,153

Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.

The line so far

Duanwu Festival Open 2009: 40.86Beijing Summer Open 2009: 30.4330.4340.8629 May 200916 Aug 2009

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.

The circuit

The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.

Next targets

  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.66 away.
  • A sub-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 0.43 away.

Targets move as he improves.